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death bell
noun
- the bell that announces a death.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of death bell1
First recorded in 1730–40
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Example Sentences
When men he has wronged, and on whom he has bestowed his insolence, are getting ready to be hanged, there is a death-bell ringing.
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Every word fell on Butler's ear like the knell of a death-bell, or the note of a screech-owl.
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He had scarcely finished speaking when the slow, deep boom of the death-bell awoke the sluggish stillness of the heavy night.
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Thus sore and sad the lady grieved in Cumnor Hall, and ere dawn the death bell rang, and never more was that countess seen.
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She came and said to him, "My Edwin, live for me;" but on her way home she heard the death bell toll.
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